Helpful Websites That Teach Microsoft Suite Skills

Adventures of Cyberbee – Microsoft Word Step-by-Step

 http://www.cyberbee.com/word.html

  A  tutorial site that is designed for teachers, that shows how to use Microsoft Word in the context that you might use it with students.

Though designed for Word 2000, this instructional page gives a good overview of the basic components of MicrosoftWord. Toolbars and other basic features of Word are labeled for easy identity.

http://www.cyberbee.com/word_files/draw.pdf

 Learning basic functions of the Microsoft Draw toolbar.

Doodling in Microsoft Word

http://www.cyberbee.com/wordart.doc

  Two activities to try with your students using Microsoft Draw.

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http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/english/edservices/pedresources/webquest/word_game/index.html

an interactive page that teaches elementary students Word icons

http://www.sabrinasterling.com/index.html

A comprehensive interactive Website that teaching word processing skills. You may need to turn the volume down on your computer when accessing the video and other sound portions of this site.

http://www.electricteacher.com/tutorials.htm

 This site provides a table of contents that takes you to different functions of Word. You will have to use the back button on your browser to return to the table of contents after accessing the information.

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http://www.electricteacher.com/tutorial3.htm

This site uses the same format as the previous one. Each item in the table of contents takes you to one function of PowerPoint. Use the brower’s back button to return to the table of contents.

http://www.mightycoach.com/articles/powerpoint/

If your computer has a version of PowerPoint later than PowerPoint 2000, you will notice some changes to the interface when you open the PowerPoint program. This site was designed with educators in mind, and does a good job explaining the many options that can be used with PowerPoint XP or later editions.

http://www.cyberbee.com/powerpoint.html

Students learn to create a storyboard prior to making a slide show. This is a good tutorial for teaching beginning PowerPoint skills.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/educators/workshop/pizazz/

Learn how to put together a PowerPoint presentation with primary source materials from the Library of Congress. This will require more advanced skills, but there are great picture and sound resources here. Explore this site!

http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/powerpoint.htm

This site does not teach PowerPoint skills, but contains links to PowerPoint presentations that teach different grammar and writing skills. These presentations provide good examples of PowerPoint presentations while teaching skills. Some of the file sizes are large and may take time to download.

http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=Tutorials

This site provides a drop-down search format to find tutorials for various Microsoft programs that can be integrated in the classroom. You can search by grade level, product, and learning area. This is a great overall search site.

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